March Madness Continues Wait! What?

I’m more than a little worried at the moment as I think I might’ve been abducted by aliens and replaced by this automaton hydrophilic entity.

Amazingly it’s now 11 days since the end of February and Binge is somewhat shockingly still bingeing on the swimming. What on earth is going on here?

I know for a fact that the  Binge does not possess the will power or endurance to keep this going.

In the new post February Fitness Challenge Bingeworld I am extremely doubtful whether this will continue but I’m going to run with it for now.

But to stop myself getting too carried away I have officially designed Friday as Dryday and I’ve cut out the double dipping days.

Not sure why I bother as I’ve taken to swimming the Durham Tri Swim session on a Saturday afternoon which is nearly twice as long as any other session, so the Saturday workout more than compensates for a swim free Friday. The one redeeming feature of this session is the views of the River Wear and Durham Cathedral as I walk across the new footbridge.

I’m still persevering with the Weird and Whacky Ways to inflict pain upon yourself by going to the Gym which allows me to complete the red and green circles in the health app on my watch. I know I know I am a very sad person.

I had an interesting encounter with a Leg Press machine in the Gym on Monday when I failed to properly rack the weights and the plate propelled my knees backward towards my ribs with rather more force and intensity than I anticipated. Talk about a crunch!

Being the drama queen I am I was sure that I’d cracked a rib, until Bob pointed out that the area of pain was below my rib cage!

Interesting week (8 days ) actually booked ended by a couple of heavy sessions at Durham, the Tuesday session was notable for the arrival of a baby Master “Poppy Paris Hat” who

• 4th March Durham Tri Session
• 50 metres
• 100 metres
• 4 x 50 @ 60
• 200 free @ 4:00
• 2 x 100 free @ 2:00
• 4 x 50 free @ 1:00
• 200 free @ 4:00
• 2 x 100 free @ 2:00
• 4 x 50 free @ 1:00
• 200 free @ 4:00
• 2 x 100 free @ 2:00
• 4 x 50 free @ 1:00
• 200 free @ 4:00
• 2 x 100 free @ 2:00
• 4 x 50 free @ 1:00
• 200 free
• 100 free
• 12 x 50’s @ 1:00
• 1 x 25 @ 10 s RI
• 1 x 50 @ 15s RI
• 1 x 75 @ 20s RI
• 1 x 100
• 200 free steady @ 4;00
• 2 x 100 @ 1:50
• 4 x 50 @ 55
• 4 x 25
• 200 free steady @ 4;00
• 2 x 100 @ 1:50
• 4 x 50 @ 55
• 4 x 25
• 5300 metres

• 5th March 2017 Public Session
• 400 steady warm up
• 4 x 400 Pull @
• 2000 metres

• 6th March 2017 Consett  Masters Session
• 100 swim
• 50 pull
• 50 kick
• 50 pull
• 100 swim
• 1 x 50 @ 50 free
• 1 x 100 @ 1:40 free
• 1 x 200 @ 3:20 free
• 1 x 400 @ 7:00 free
• 1 x 50 @ 50 free
• 1 x 100 @ 1:40 free
• 1 x 200 @ 3:20 free
• 2 x 200 @ 3:40 free
• 1 x 50 @ 50 free
• 1 x 100 @ 1:40 free
• 1 x 200 @ 3:20 free
• 4 x 100 @ 1:50 free
• 1 x 50 @ 50 free
• 1 x 100 @ 1:40 free
• 1 x 200 @ 3:20 free
• 8 x 50 @ 1:00 free
• 150 swim down
• 3500 metres

• 7th March Stanley
• 400 warm up
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 50 hard 100 steady
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 100 hard 50 steady
• 3 x 150 @ 2:40 all hard
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 100 hard 50 steady
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 50 hard 100 steady
• 50 steady + 1 min rest
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 50 hard 100 steady
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 100 hard 50 steady
• 2 x 150 @ 2:40 all hard
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 100 hard 50 steady
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 50 hard 100 steady
• 50 steady + 1 min rest
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 50 hard 100 steady
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 100 hard 50 steady
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 all hard
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 100 hard 50 steady
• 1 x 150 @ 2:40 50 hard 100 steady
• 100 swim down
• 3300 metres

• 8th March Consett Masters
• 150 swim
• 100 pull
• 100 swim
• 50 pull
• 50 swim
• 20 x 50 @ 60
•   8 x 50 steady
•   6 x 50 harder
•   4 x 50 harder still
•   2 x 50 flat out
• 10 x 50 @ 50 short rest (no sh*t sherlock!)
• 12 x 50 @ 60
•   6 x 50 steady
•   4 x 50 harder
•   2 x 50 flat out
• 10 x 50 @ 50 short rest (and it wasn’t any better here)
• 6 x 50 @ 60
•   4 x 50 harder
•   2 x 50 flat out
• 150 swim down
• 3500metres

• 9th March 2017 Stanley
• 300 warm up
• 3 x 200 @ 3:20
• 5 x 100 @ 1:40
• 8 x 50 @ 50
• 100 steady
• 2 x 200 @ 3:40
• 3 x 100 @ 1:50
• 4 x 50 @ 50
• 50 steady
• 1 x 200 @ 4:00
• 1 x 100 @ 2:00
• 1 x 50 @ 60
• 100 swim down
• 3,300 metres

• 10th March 2017 Durham Tri Session
• 3 x 400 @ 7 mins
• 5 x 200 pull @ 3:40
• 10 x 100 @ 2 mins prog 1-5 and 6-10
• 200 steady @ 10s RI
• 50 kick  @ 10s RI
• 50 drill (single arm) @ 10s RI
• 200 steady @ 10s RI
• 50 kick  @ 10s RI
• 50 drill (single arm)
• 3 x 400 @ 7:15 pull
•   no 1 200 hard, 200 steady
•   no 2 200 steady, 200 hard
•   no 3 100 hard 200 steady 100 hard
• 200 steady
• 4 x 200 @ 4 mins broken
•   no 1 50 hard 100 steady 50 hard 15s RI @ 50 and 150
•   no 2 50 hard 100 steady 50 hard 10s RI @ 50 and 150
•   no 3 50 hard 100 steady 50 hard 5s RI @ 50 and 150
•   no 4 50 hard 100 steady 50 hard continous
• 6000 metres